How ‘No Time to Die’ brought back the original James Bond Aston Martin DB5

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Craig’s latest outing as James Bond in “No Time to Die” features a character from the franchise who will never die: the Aston Martin DB5.

After making its debut as a superspy gadget-filled car in 1964’s “Goldfinger,” the iconic silver coupe appeared in seven subsequent films.

NTTD’s special effects and action vehicles supervisor Chris Corbould is well versed in the car, having worked on six of these films during his more than four-decade tenure with the series.

Corbould said the decision to bring him back was not a difficult one.

“It’s a discussion with the director and the producers about what they would like to see in the movie, and it quickly became clear that everyone wanted to see DB5 again. And not just in a cameo role, but in full combat mode, ”revealed Corbould during an appearance in The Fox Garage.

Corbould said the first step was a meeting with the folks at Aston Martin, who asked how many rare sports cars would be needed for production.

“When we said 10, there was deadly silence in the room,” Corbould said.

“The next question is, where do we get these 10? Do we buy 10 DB5 on the open market between 1 and 2 million [pounds] a pop? Probably not the best financial way to go about it. Are we going to see the owners to see if they will rent their cars to us? Well if I owned a DB5 would I rent it to James Bond to do an action streak? Probably not.”

Instead, Aston Martin provided two originals and built eight replicas for Corbould’s team to customize for the various needs of a chase sequence filmed on the streets of the ancient stone town of Matera, Italy, who is teased in the movie trailer.

“They did a wonderful job, because they were absolutely amazing,” Corbould said.

Several of the cars were equipped for stunt driving, while two were equipped with a host of gadgets including smoke screens and a pair of miniguns that emerge from behind their headlights.

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Corbould said he made 14 trips to southern Italy to present the scene and that probably 95% of what is on screen was real driving and practical effects, rather than CGI.

Several other Aston Martins appear in the film, including a new DBS and a classic V8 Vantage, like the one that appeared in “The Living Daylights” in a chase on a frozen lake, which Corbould says is his everyone’s favorite Bond car. the temperature.

“The V8 Vantage for me was very nostalgic, because I was in charge of that streak in Austria with the original, and seeing it come back in that movie was very nostalgic for me,” Corbould said.